GRE Word List
ENGULF
to flow over and enclose : overwhelm
The meaning of the word engulf is to flow over and enclose : overwhelm.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| empirical | originating in or based on observation or experience |
| passive | acted upon by an external agency |
| apogee | the point in the orbit of an object (such as a satellite) orbiting the earth that is at the greatest distance from the center of the earth |
| uproarious | marked by uproar |
| beneficiary | a person or thing that receives help or an advantage from something : one that benefits from something |
| homeostasis | a relatively stable state of equilibrium or a tendency toward such a state between the different but interdependent elements or groups of elements of an organism, population, or group |
| hieroglyphic | written in, constituting, or belonging to a system of writing mainly in pictorial characters |
| hackles | one of the long narrow feathers on the neck or saddle of a bird |
| miscreant | unbelieving |
| allocate | to apportion for a specific purpose or to particular persons or things : distribute |